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Hours of Service (HOS) violations, like exceeding driving limits or incorrect log entries, are common issues that can result in fines and safety risks. How do you stay compliant with HOS regulations? What tools or strategies have you found helpful to avoid violations, especially with tight...

Hey everyone, this just came in—OSHA has fined W-L Construction nearly $175,000 after an investigation revealed they retaliated against a truck driver for raising safety concerns. The driver had refused to work beyond the Hours of Service (HOS) limits and reported issues with fatigue and...

The new hours-of-service rules that are set to go in effect on Sept. 29 will provide truckers more opportunities to rest when they are tired and will improve highway safety overall, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said in formal comments to the FMCSA. OOIDA’s comments sent on...

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Authorities in Ohio have elected to suspend Hours of Service (HOS) regulations in light of the Coronavirus crisis. On March 13, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio announced that HOS would be suspended for motor carriers providing intrastate transportation of relief supplies — including...

The U.S. DOT on Wednesday officially announced proposed changes to federal hours of service regulations for truck operators. Chiefly, the proposed changes, if made final, would allow drivers to pause their 14-hour clock for up to three hours in a shift and go off-duty in that time period...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said owner-operators and small-business truckers hoping for flexibility in hours of service should get some good news soon. Chao made an appearance at the Mid-America Trucking Show in her hometown of Louisville, Ky., to announce that a...

I work have worked in commercial shipping for @25 years(tugboats) and am going for a cdl this winter. Considering changing careers and I have been researching trucking for a while and i am ready to ask some questions. Is there any talk of changing the current HOS rules? They sound like the...

First off, it is important to understand that there have been no new rules created, only a revision to the guidance for a completely unchanged rule. In other words, nothing has changed. Our FMCSA "friends", and I use the term friends very loosely, made some changes to give carriers/drivers...

The proposed rule gives a 3 hour break which will stop the 14 hour clock and eliminate the 30 minute break. Hours of service changes might be coming soon. The industry will be safer if they pass.

Most ... Actually almost every single rule in trucking I can make an argument both for and against , so I can at least wrap my head around the logic , or illogical in some cases . But this rule I do not understand, or even why it's so complicated . 70/8 rule . Why is it not 70 / 7 ? I mean at...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration late Wednesday staunchly defended the science used to develop the new Hours of Service rule. The agency was responding to a request by two Congressmen to evaluate two studies the FMCSA used to develop the new rule, which has been...

By Jami Jones, Land Line managing editor With more and more drivers using computers, tablets and smartphones to keep their daily logs, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will begin accepting those electronic logs as complying with the HOS regs. Previously, drivers who prepared...

HARTFORD, Conn. — In Connecticut, they don’t take violating the Hours of Service rule lightly. Last month, Dariusz Szteborowski, manager of the New Britain, Conn.-based Wisla Express, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 14 months of imprisonment followed by...

I understand that there are many truckers that do this because they're trying to make as much money as they can, but talking with truckers I know, I've heard a few times about companies and dispatchers using threats of job termination or other tactics to forcing drivers to violate HOS...

For commercial truck drivers such as Charles Ryser, when the wheels aren't turning, you aren't earning. Until July, Ryser and his father — who drive in a team from a base in Forsyth, Ga. — worked on their own terms. Charles took the day shift, while his father, David Ryser, got behind the wheel...

WASHINGTON — Declaring that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “won the day not on the strengths of its rulemaking prowess, but through an artless war of attrition,” the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Friday brought an end to much of what the court...

Two top trucking associations today responded to the upholding of a majority of the Hours of Service rule by a federal appeals court with some disappointment — but also with the desire to move forward with other “pressing” safety issues. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

WASHINGTON — The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is — in trucking terms — using the 11th hour of allowable opinion time to tell the commercial vehicle industry whether or not it will be able to operate under the Hours of Service rules that the Federal Motor Carrier...

By Jami Jones, Land Line managing editor In spite of calls to delay the HOS rule with an impending court hearing, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is sticking with the June deadline for the remaining provisions to take effect. Starting on June 30, rest breaks will be mandated...